Jerome Turner
How Judge Turner rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Turner no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Turner decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Turner required evidence that a corporate affiliate actually assumed a duty before allowing liability for injuries to a subsidiary’s employee.
“More is and should be required to establish such liability than just seeking to make subsidiaries aware of the problems associated with employee injuries.”
Procedural preferences
Turner required a particularized need before ordering predeposition production of an expert report prepared for litigation.
“where there is no showing of any particularized need for such reports, such as might be the case in a particularly complex expert dispute, parties should not be required to produce their expert witness’ reports which have been prepared in anticipation of litigation.”
Cautions
Turner applied an express jury waiver to counterclaims arising from the same agreement.
“The court holds that the waiver provision applies to defendant’s counterclaims.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs motion to strike defendant’s jury demand is granted.”
“Plaintiff’s motion to remand is therefore conditionally denied as follows:”
“The Motion to Compel Production of Plaintiffs’ Expert’s Report and File is therefore denied.”
“The Motion to Disqualify Plaintiff’s Counsel or in the Alterantive for a Protective Order is not well taken and is denied.”
“The court therefore considers the motion to strike Plaintiffs’ Second Request for Admissions not to be well taken and denies same.”
“Sehering-Plough’s motion for summary judgment is granted and this action is dismissed.”
“the government shall provide defense counsel an opportunity to test and analyze the alleged controlled substance by a qualified independent expert selected by defendants.”
“the defendant’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is not well taken and it is therefore denied.”
“The conviction and sentence are valid, and this motion is DENIED.”
“the motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) must be granted.”
“The defendants’ motion to dismiss is hereby granted, and the action is dismissed with prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The ten sampled terminated matters included employment and prisoner civil-rights cases, voting rights, contracts, fraud, wage claims, accommodations, and asbestos litigation. This targeted oldest-case sample is not a complete caseload measure.
A historical record
Judge Turner no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.